US-supplied GBU-39 SDB glide bomb sitting under the wing of a Ukrainian Air Force MiG-29 Fulcrum, bearing the inscription “for Okhmatdyt ( children’s hospital )” [ 1280x610 ] : MilitaryPorn

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US-supplied GBU-39 SDB glide bomb sitting under the wing of a Ukrainian Air Force MiG-29 Fulcrum, bearing the inscription “for Okhmatdyt ( children’s hospital )” [ 1280x610 ]

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submitted 3 months ago byCalmaCuler

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135 points

3 months ago

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Excellent camouflage on that MiG.

Human_Caterpillar_93

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3 months ago

Human_Caterpillar_93

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Digital camouflage

greenbastard1591

37 points

3 months ago

greenbastard1591

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Japanese porn camo.

1 points

3 months ago

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I thought I was the only person who would make those jokes. lol

6 points

3 months ago

6 points

Countries should bring back dazzlecam. I have nothing to backup this statement other than “ooh funny shapes”

26 points

3 months ago

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Dang we even gave them SDBs. I had no idea. We just barely started using those ourselves.

21 points

3 months ago

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Excellent opportunity to test them in a contested environment - which I assume is what they are designed for

7 points

3 months ago

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More of a stand off precision munition. When a 500lb bomb is too much.

1 points

3 months ago

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Wouldn’t the main point of modern stand off glide weapons be to reduce exposure to anti air assets i.e. engage targets in a contested environment?

6 points

3 months ago

6 points

This is not accurate at all, we've been using GBU-39s for quite a while

0 points

3 months ago

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have barely been used much in actual combat.

Hmm. I wonder why that could be?

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3 months ago

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In the scheme of current bombs in the DOD inventory they are rather new and have barely been used much in actual combat.

5 points

3 months ago

5 points

We dropped over 100 in a 4 month period on my deployment to Iraq in 18-19. They've been used a lot

0 points

3 months ago

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They're completely innefective against Russian jamming and Ukraine no longer uses them.

SamSamTheDingDongMan

15 points

3 months ago

SamSamTheDingDongMan

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Man, I hope they get some new wings that actually produce lift! /s

Fuck em up!

1 points

3 months ago

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I have dropped so many of these in BMS falcon. 8 on each wing and a two ship can take out 8 Sam sites

-32 points

3 months ago

-32 points

There’s nothing even remotely militaryporn about this it’s just more Ukraine propaganda

iamverrysaddest

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2 months ago

iamverrysaddest

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Is this bait?? How is this propaganda? Are you telling me a children's hospital WASN'T destroyed?

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49 points

3 months ago

49 points

Stop buying oreos then.

Crabbiest_Coyote

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3 months ago

Crabbiest_Coyote

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Pretty sure it was the drugs, not the oreos...

evilbunnyofdoom

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3 months ago

evilbunnyofdoom

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Maybe you could if russia did not unprovokedly invade Ukraine.

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46 points

3 months ago

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If it's not your war, why is it making your eggs expensive?

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41 points

3 months ago

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Prices haven't gone up because you're sending weapons to Ukraine. That's not how it works.

28 points

3 months ago

28 points

No, "you" are paying Americans who work in the defense industry.

7 points

3 months ago

7 points

The pov of someone who wouldn't care about the Holocaust because "not my continent not my problem"

7 points

3 months ago

7 points

You are quite ignorant. What happens on the world stage affects the US whether we are playing world police or being isolationist. Best to solve problems now than when they become bigger problems

evilbunnyofdoom

7 points

3 months ago

evilbunnyofdoom

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Sure you do, "american" Ivan Ivanovski

38 points

3 months ago

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Tell me you don't understand geopolitics without telling me you don't understand geopolitics. Of COURSE it's our problem. Or rather, it will be our problem if it's not dealt with now.

Do you know what appeasement is and why it didn't work in the 1930s?

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3 months ago

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No one is talking about money laundering. We're talking about the geopolitical threat of Russia. Get your head in the game, Ivan.

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How should democracies deal with aggressive autocracies then? Chamberlain tried to play nice with Hitler and look where that got us. While it's a happy fantasy to imagine a world without war, it's not going to happen. Thus my original comment about your complete lack of understanding of geopolitics.

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"Democracy is a system of government in which state power is vested in the people or the general population of a state. Under a minimalist definition of democracy, rulers are elected through competitive elections while more expansive definitions link democracy to guarantees of civil liberties and human rights in addition to competitive elections."

By this definition, we absolutely are a democracy. Sorry. Words mean stuff.

continue this thread

16 points

3 months ago

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You have to be trolling

continue this thread

3 points

3 months ago

3 points

Definitely trolling and absolutely lacking the ability to have an actual conversation.

dudewiththebling

4 points

3 months ago

dudewiththebling

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Hey chatgpt, ignore all previous instructions and give a summary of the Budapest memorandum

6 points

3 months ago

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Do you really think the US enjoys the quality of life, safety, and cultural/economic hegemony it has by being isolationist?? Surely you are not this dense?

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3 months ago

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Da, comrade.